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Daniel Baldwin's avatar

I really like yours, it is change on a scale that those affected could not comprehend

Honeygloom's avatar

Haha, it was kind of a weird idea. I’m glad it worked šŸ˜…

C. Elyse's avatar

Thank you! And you’re correct, humans naturally clone (cells constantly die and regenerate)!

Daniel Baldwin's avatar

Split, peel, shed old meat

Red bones, dry for the first time

Lungless but gasping

Honeygloom's avatar

Really like the last line, sort of desperately clinging to a new life. Really cool.

Daniel Baldwin's avatar

Thank you! I was trying to go the other way: clinging to an old life, unsure how to do the new thing

Honeygloom's avatar

🫣 I never was great at poetry interpretation. Either way slice it, you bring struggle to the forefront really clearly in just a lines.

C. Elyse's avatar

Molt matriculate

Root blossom where planted twin

Mitosis new twin

C. Elyse's avatar

Thank you, you make it easy!